Capital Equipment News July 2016

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The Cat 320D2GC hydraulic excavator offers competitive pricing and lower operating and maintenance costs with the same hydraulic performance as the current 320D2L model.

ground level service door on the right side provides access to routine service points including pumps and filters. The rear service door allows easy access to the radiator, oil cooler, air-to-air after cooler and AC condenser. A reserve tank and drain valve attached to the radiator simplify service and a central grease block on the boom allows easy lubrication of hard-to-reach locations on the front linkage. Fluid samples from the engine, hydraulic and cooling systems are easily obtained from Scheduled Oil Sampling (SOS) ports. The samples can be analysed through Barloworld Equipment to check on machine health and facilitate before-failure diagnosis and repairs. Barloworld Equipment’s extensive dealership network across Southern Africa offers customers a dedicated product and application team to assist customers with machine application advice, a range of Cat work tools to suit the application, and CETA certified operator training to ensure that the machine is used to optimum potential. Around the clock service support and high parts availability are designed to keep Cat machines productive with minimum downtime. Satellite tracking Naicker points out that the integration of Cat Product Link capability into the 320D2GC makes the machine easy to manage

Equipment introduced the 320 to South Africa in 1993. These machines have become widely known and respected by customers across the sub-continent as easy to operate, tough and versatile workhorses with long service lives. The 320B replaced the 320 in 1997, with the 320C, 320D and 320D2 following in 2002, 2007 and 2014 respectively. Caterpillar dealers around the world have sold more than 215 500 320s since the first unit came off the production line. Barloworld Equipment has sold close to 2 000 Cat 320 series machines in Southern Africa. Naicker says 205 units were sold in 2015, the best total annual sales in the 22 years since the first Cat 320 machines arrived in southern Africa. “This was achieved in very poor economic conditions throughout our markets, showing how the legendary reputation of the Cat 320 series has not only endured but intensified over the years. Each model has provided new, improved features to increase productivity and reduce owning and operating costs for customers. With the support of Barloworld Equipment, we fully expect the Cat 320D2GC to continue the tradition.” For more information on the Cat 320D2GC hydraulic excavator, please email marketing2@barloworld-equipment.com

remotely via satellite- or cellular-based tracking. Offered as a service by Barloworld Equipment, Product Link provides owners with quick and easy information on the location, hours worked, fuel usage, idle time and condition of the machine, no matter where it is. The Product Link module comes standard on the 320D2GC, giving the customer access to vital machine information based on the level of the EM Solutions package selected from Barloworld Equipment. Cat EM Solutions provides a framework that can be implemented at five levels (Access; Inform; Advise; Support; Manage), enabling Barloworld to standardise support for customers through Product Link depending on their requirements. Customers are able to obtain detailed machine history reports that improve asset management and resale value. Naicker is enthusiastic about the many opportunities to put the Cat 320D2GC hydraulic excavator to the test across Barloworld Equipment’s Southern African footprint and looks forward to providing feedback on the performance and savings achieved by the first units on the ground. The legend The first ever Cat 320 hydraulic excavator was sold in February 1992 and Barloworld

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